Improvement in horseshoes



P. A. HOFFMANN. Horseshoe.

No. 219,944. Patented Sept. 23, 18.79

,PETERS, PHOTOMYHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON D C UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIoE.

FREDRIOK A. HOFFMANN OF BALDWIN CITY, KANSAS.

IMPROVEMENT IN HORSESHOES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 219,944, dated September 23, 1879; application iiled June 20, 1879.

HOFFMANN, of Baldwin City, in the county of Douglas and State of Kansas, have invented A a certain new and useful Improved Horseshoe,

of which the following is a specification.

My improvement relates to horseshoes adapted for use without nail-fastenings which enter the hoof. Many plans have been proposed for this purpose, embracing, among other devices, spring-bands held by their form upon the hoof and secured to the shoe. Two-part non-sprin g bands, with divided base for securing such two-part band to the hoof, have also been used; but, so far as I know, these band-holders require shoes adapted with specific appliances by which to secure them to the holding-bands, which is an objection to their use.

My improved shoe-holdin g device is adapted for use with the ordinary horseshoe, and in this particular is an important advantage over others, which require a shoe of novel or dlilfierent construction from the common shops oe.

To this end my improvement consists of a spring-band provided with a divided base, by which it is secured to the shoe by means of screws passing through the shoe from the under side into the said sectional base-plate,

-in putting the shoe on or taking it off the hoof.

I use the ordinary shoe, with screw-holes instead of nail-holes.

The shoe can be made of malleable castiron, and, in being adapted for use without nails, avoids the danger of laming the horse and gives the advantage of removing the shoes when the horse is used upon the farm, and is especially important in curing quarter-cracks.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents my improved horseshoe-fastener; Fig. 2, a vertical section of the same; Fig. 3, a top view, showing one side of the springband sprung open, as in applying the shoe to or removing it from the hoof 5 Fig; 4, a crosssection of the shoe and its holder 5 and Fig. 5, the spring-holding band and its divided base-plate detached from the shoe. l

The shoe rr is of the common kind, provided with the toe and heel calks. The cap or band b, is of sheet steel or brass, made to conform to the contour of the hoof, so as to clasp it and hold itself thereon in place when applied. It is provided with a base-plate, c, divided at the toe c1, land secured in any suitable manner to the lower edge of the spring cap or band, so that the divided base-plate and springband form one piece, which, when secured, constitutes a fixed part. of the shoe. The spring cap or band, thus constructed, is secured to the shoe proper by means of screws d, screwed through the shoe from its Linder side and into the divided base-plate, the shoe for this purpose having screw-holes f, coincident with those c2 in the base-plate, which is by this means firmly and solidly secured to the shoe, and forms a supplemental shoe, on which a rubber cushion, g, is placed, and` upon which the foot is supported, which gives an easy travel to the horse and avoids hoofbindlng.

rIhe spring-band clasps the rim of the hoof and holds itself securely thereon by forming an acute angle with the shoe.

By having the spring-band secured as described to the divided baseplate, the shoe is secured thereto as a fixture, and in applying it the screws are removed from one of the sec tions of the base-plate, and the latter sprung out with the band sufficient to place it over the hoof.

In Fig. 3 this springing out of one side of the band and base-plate is shown, and after the shoe is applied this sprung-out part will spring back and clasp the hoof uniformly, and. is then secured to the shoe by the screws.

When the shoe is worn out a new one can be used with the same spring-holding band and divided base-plate. I prefer to use squareheaded screws.

the shoe and clamping the parts lmly together with the band around the hoof, as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

FREDRICK A. HOFFMANN.

Witnesses J oHN STICKNEY, W. R. ROBERTS. 

